Posts Tagged ‘intensive care’
Aspirin before surgery helps heart patients
UC DAVIS (US) — Aspirin taken within five days before cardiac surgery is associated with a lower risk of complications and may even reduce the risk of early death, a new study shows. Continue…
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:17 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jun 24, 2011 13:07 - 2 Comments
‘Co-pilots’ in ICU reduce death rates
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Mortality rates in the intensive care unit dropped 50 percent when the attending physician was assisted by someone prompting him to address items on a checklist. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 4, 2011 16:48 - 0 Comments
ICU docs key to more transplant organs
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — A small study showed that the number of organs available for transplant as much as doubled when an intensive care physician remained involved with donor bodies after brain death occurred. (more…)
